What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Wagner & Gounod: Orchestral Works. Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris · André Cluytens.

[vandermolen]

Honegger: Symphony No.4 'The Delights of Basel'
After the unexpected victory of the England Women's Football team ('The Lionesses') in the Final of the Euros in Basel this evening I felt that I had little choice but to play this fine symphony in celebration of their success against Spain. Ansermet's recording is the best I think.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckne Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1889 Version (aka 1888/89) Ed. Leopold Nowak
Orchestre des Natinaltheaters Manheim, Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith Concert Music for Brass & Strings
RadioiSinfonir orchestra Stuttgart, Paul Hindemith

[JBS]

First listen--CD 1. Partitas 1,2, and 4. Probably the rest later this evening.



Aline Blondiau was the recording producer, editor and mastering person, and therefore deserves credit for what sounds like perfectly designed sonics.

Andrea Restelli made the instrument in 1998; it's a copy of a harpsichord made by a certain Christian Vater in 1738, and now museumed in Nürnberg.  I'm mentioning Signor Restelli because the harpsichord sounds exactly like what I like harpsichords to sound like.

I'm also liking what I've heard of the performance--I don't want to shortchange Ms. Frisch.

[Karl Henning]

[DavidW]

One of my favorite symphonies... absolutely devastating.

[Mapman]

Shostakovich: Symphony #7
Nelsons: Boston

[Mapman]

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suites 1 & 2
Muti: Philadelphia

[steve ridgway]

Stravinsky - Three Japanese Lyrics

Some excellent competition for Webern here .

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen - Catalogue D'Oiseaux

[vandermolen]

One of my favorite symphonies... absolutely devastating.

I've never got my head round No.9, much preferring Nose 6,7 and 8 + the VC No.2. I must try again.

[Harry]

I've never got my head round No.9, much preferring Nose 6,7 and 8 + the VC No.2. I must try again.

Perseverance is the key to the goal, a good friend once said to me...

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 2

The performance style is somewhat detached and demands more engagement from the listener. Once familiar with his approach, you can enjoy his deeply felt understanding of these works. It's as if you're forced to listen actively because there seems to be little seduction in his delivery.
The resulting sound, however, is far from dull; you get a taste of Bach without the additives, so to speak.
The grandeur of these organ works is abundantly present, unadorned, with an intimacy that seems a certain restraint yet simultaneously expresses everything beautifully and balanced.






 

[AnotherSpin]

Bach

CD 2

The performance style is somewhat detached and demands more engagement from the listener. Once familiar with his approach, you can enjoy his deeply felt understanding of these works. It's as if you're forced to listen actively because there seems to be little seduction in his delivery.
The resulting sound, however, is far from dull; you get a taste of Bach without the additives, so to speak.
The grandeur of these organ works is abundantly present, unadorned, with an intimacy that seems a certain restraint yet simultaneously expresses everything beautifully and balanced.

Sometimes I feel the opposite. A detached style can make it easier to listen and take in the music more naturally.

[Madiel]

Mozart: Sonata for piano 4 hands, K.521



(Also the songs K.517-520)

EDIT: The central part of the Andante in K.521 is amazing. Suddenly you're in no doubt there are 4 hands involved.

[Harry]

Sometimes I feel the opposite. A detached style can make it easier to listen and take in the music more naturally.

This box was and still is in essence a purchese better not done. It is simply not a performance that gives me what I need from Bach. I must see that I can sell it for an reasonable price. In autumn I will start up a website attached to my company to sell most of my CD's, and only keep what is indispensable for me. I already sold my Esoteric SACD player, so I will have to play the CD's on my second set in command, which is also good.

[Traverso]

Sometimes I feel the opposite. A detached style can make it easier to listen and take in the music more naturally.

Right but that's only the case if you are an experienced ( or talented  ) listener.  That's my opinion.

You can look at the flower without the sensation or intoxication of its scent, though this comparison might be going too far.
What gives these performances their richness is that you get a clear sense of how the music is composed, without the performer's personal transporter.
This may seem academic, but the result is a Bach that nevertheless comes to us in a musically convincing way.

[Traverso]

This box was and still is in essence a purchese better not done. It is simply not a performance that gives me what I need from Bach. I must see that I can sell it for an reasonable price. In autumn I will start up a website attached to my company to sell most of my CD's, and only keep what is indispensable for me. I already sold my Esoteric SACD player, so I will have to play the CD's on my second set in command, which is also good.

The fact is that this set was nominated for the German Schallplatten Prize and was also highly praised by many others.
It grieves me to see this set is discussed as something that should not be purchased.

[Harry]

The fact is that this set was nominated for the German Schallplatten Prize and was also highly praised by many others.
It grieves me to see this set is discussed as something that should not be purchased.

You read it the wrong way, I meant in essence for ME Jan, I would never presume to tell others not to purchase this set, far be it from me.

[AnotherSpin]

Right but that's only the case if you are an experienced ( or talented  ) listener.  That's my opinion.

You can look at the flower without the sensation or intoxication of its scent, though this comparison might be going too far.
What gives these performances their richness is that you get a clear sense of how the music is composed, without the performer's personal transporter.
This may seem academic, but the result is a Bach that nevertheless comes to us in a musically convincing way.

You've hit on something quite important. It sounds like these performances let the music speak for itself, with a kind of clarity that isn't muddied by the performer's ego or stylistic excess. It's like looking at a flower through glass: you see the form, the structure, perhaps even the beauty, but without being overwhelmed by the scent. Rather a tasteful restraint, really, one I usually find quite appealing.